Amendment109th Congress
Amendment allows funds to be used to increase the number of teachers qualified to teach advanced placement courses; authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to recruit and place well-qualified individuals to serve as adjunct teachers in secondary school mathematics, science, and critical foreign language courses; and authorizes the awarding of grants for teacher preparation programs in critical foreign languages and activities that will enable successful students to advance from elementary school through college to achieve proficiency in those languages.
- Amendment Number
- 756
- Description
- Amendment allows funds to be used to increase the number of teachers qualified to teach advanced placement courses; authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to recruit and place well-qualified individuals to serve as adjunct teachers in secondary school mathematics, science, and critical foreign language courses; and authorizes the awarding of grants for teacher preparation programs in critical foreign languages and activities that will enable successful students to advance from elementary school through college to achieve proficiency in those languages.
- Purpose
- An amendment numbered 15 printed in House Report 109-399 to add uses of funds to Title II (Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants) to increase the number of teachers qualified to teach Advanced Placement (AP) courses; and, to add uses of funds to the current law Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program to authorize adjunct teacher opportunities and critical foreign language activities.
- Congress
- 109
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Mar 29, 2006
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the McMorris amendment (A006) Agreed to by recorded vote: 293 - 134 (Roll no. 71).
- Latest Action Time
- 18:15:12
- Submitted Date
- Mar 29, 2006
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Feb 3, 2022